Software Patents: Read Jonathan Schwartz’s Blog at Robert Pogson

Bill skipped the small talk, and went straight to the point, “Microsoft owns the office productivity market, and our patents read all over OpenOffice.”

see Jonathan Schwartz’s Blog

It’s all about using software patents to fight software patents. It is probably why Ballmer is all talk and no cattle. M$ has more to lose than anybody if they start a war over software patents. M$ can pick off little guys with no software patent portfolio but not big guys like SUN. Let us hope SCOTUS sprays water all over that powder-keg. Software patents have to go to keep the bullies in check.

My Mission

My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. I do not care whether my solution is the same as yours. I like to think for myself.

My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. I have been blessed by working in schools where students and school systems have benefited by good, modular software easily installed in most systems.

I have shown GNU/Linux to thousands of students and hundreds of teachers over the years and will continue in some way doing that until I die in spite of the opposition.